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FENCE. N0. 361,480. I Patented Apr. 19, 1887.

Invenhr:

To all whom it may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I CHARLES F. BEEBE, OF ORION, MICHIGAN.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,480, dated April 19, 1887.

Application filed August 20, 1886. Serial No. 521L431. (No motlcld Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. BEEBE, of Orion, in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in portable fences; and theinvention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, two sections or panels of my improved fence are shown in perspective, wherein A represents the panels. These panels consist of the two end posts or uprights, B B, and a central upright, 0, connected together by the bars D, as shown. To the end posts are secured, in any convenient manner, a series of wires, E, barbed or plain, as may be desired, and any number to make the panel the desired height. The post B of each panel is somewhat longer than the post B of the same panel, and to or near the upper end of the post B are pivotally secured, in any convenient manner, the cross-braces E. When these panels are set up to form a line of fencing, the longer vertical post of one panel is placed adjacent to the shorter post of the next panel, with the cross-bars passing over the top of such shorter post, as shown clearly in the drawing.

To secure the panels in position, the cross bars or posts E are secured by means of books ll, which engage with a staple or staples in the adjacent post, B, and the two contiguous posts B B of each panel are hooked together by hooks G, as shown. By this construction I provide a fence in panels that can readily be set up or transported and that is light and strong.

It will be readily seen that it is not necessary to provide a gateway, as any panel can readily be removed to form such gateway without disturbing the remainder of the fence. It will also be seen that the panels proper are elevatedashortdistaucefrom the ground,beingeutirely supported by the cross brace-posts, which prevent a swaying sidewise of the fence; and to prevent end movement I secure to the horizontal rail of each section a brace, II, the same being turned in alternate directions in the alternate panels.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination,with two panels,A, each consisting of end posts and connecting-rails, of the cross brace-posts arranged at the adjacent ends of said panels, the hooks F, securing said brace-posts to one of the end posts, and the hooks G, securing together the adjacent end posts of the two panels, substantially as described.

2. Two like panels, A,each consisting of end posts, B B, and connecting-rails D E, the posts B being longer than the posts B, and the two panels arranged with the short post of one panel adjacent to the long post of the next panel, combined with the cross-braces E, pivoted to the post B and passing over the top of the post B, said end posts and cross-braces being secured together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES F. BEEBE. 

